I honestly cannot remember the last time that I did not produce a single image worth sharing during a weekend. But now’s the time, and I truly hope it will not happen too often again. The Sunday morning was spent in the Little Owl hide, but it really is not the most interesting time of […]
Various things to be done in and around the house this weekend but I managed to go out for a few hours on Friday morning. That’s the positive side of these damn early sunrises around this time of the year: being able to go out and be back home when it is still morning. I […]
Although morning temperatures remain very low and the trees are still leafless, spring has definitely made a sneaky slow entrance. It just smells different when you go out in the early morning, more earthy if you will. Rain is finally predicted and I expect an explosion of greens by next weekend. Mammals and birds sense it […]
Last week, a decent patch of heather close to home went up in flames. Terrible for insects and amphibians, but an interesting subject for photography. I wanted to visit the area and try some landscape photography to show the contrast between scorched earth and fluffy pastel skies. The former was no problem, the latter was. […]
Although the first signs of spring cannot be denied, with birds singing their hearts out, bluethroats already back in our country and the first lapwing egg having been found, the weather definitely gravitates more towards winter than towards spring. I spent the first hour of the day at the fishing ponds. I would have loved […]
Most of the spare time this weekend went into making a slideshow for my lecture in the Museon next Sunday, but I did manage to get out a few hours. A sunny day was predicted, but I should have known better. When I arrived before dawn at the fishing ponds, grey skies dominated and the […]